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April is Stress Awareness Month for Humans and Horses
Keeping stress to a minimum is important since research shows stress can turn into equine gastric ulcer syndrome, with one study showing horses developing stomach ulcers in just five days.
Equine Guelph Talks Ulcers This February During Colic Prevention Education Month
Horses have a small stomach and are meant to graze and eat frequent, small portions of feed for extended periods each day and a steady flow of acid is required for digestion buffered by both feed and saliva.
Should You Worry About Tapeworms?
Horse owners often ask about tapeworms and testing for them with a fecal egg count. Currently, there is no reliable test for tapeworms that uses the stool.
Too Much Grass Grazing May Create Problems
During spring and summer months, it is important for horse owners to be aware of the risks of the consumption of too much grass especially by horses that have health problems such as laminitis and other nutrition-related diseases.
Pay Attention and Maintain a Safe Environment
Given the more carefree days of approaching summer, paying attention to health risks that might affect your horse's well-being takes on new meaning especially in a time of disease outbreaks.
Disease Causes Movement Ban
A movement ban has been placed on horses, donkeys, mules and zebras out of Mamre and into the province after an outbreak of African horse sickness in the Western Cape.  The EU has placed a ban on horse exports out of South Africa after the ou
Understanding the Aging Horse
Interest in equine geriatrics among veterinarians and researchers is on the rise as many horses remain active and rideable well into their twenties.
Horse Rescued from Septic Tank
AÂ 34-year-old quarter horse fell into a septic tank in north east Portland , Oregon on Monday, March 26, 2012, and was left with only her head showing above ground level.
Hypersensitivity Testing Results in Disqualification of Horses
On Sunday, Irish showjumpers Billy Twomey and Denis Lynch, and French rider Simon Delestre were disqualified from the penultimate leg of the Global Champions Tour in Rio de Janeiro following hypersensitivity tests on their horses.
Piroplasmosis Concerns Horse Owners
The USA is on a short list of countries where equine piroplasmosis has been deemed "eradicated", with no local source for new infections in horses. However, as of 2011 at least 409 horses, in multiple states have tested positive for equine piroplasmosi